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Added on the 13/01/2022 06:26:10 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Melbourne Park, the venue for the Australian Open 2022. Australia vowed Friday to enforce its Covid-19 vaccine border rules as a decision loomed on the deportation of unvaccinated tennis superstar Novak Djokovic. IMAGES
Images of Melbourne Park as the Australian Open begins, the day after Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia. World number one Djokovic was supposed to have been the headline act in the night session, but the unvaccinated Serbian is not defending his title after a court upheld the cancellation of his visa. IMAGES
Activists hand out "Where is Peng Shuai?" t-shirts outside Melbourne Park, where the Australian Open women's final will take place on Saturday. The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday that it has spoken with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai again and plans to meet her in Beijing during next month's Winter Games. IMAGES
Scene outside the immigration detention centre where tennis world number one Novak Djokovic is being held, as he is due to launch a make-or-break court battle on Monday to stay in Melbourne and defend his Australian Open title, arguing he has an all-clear because of a positive coronavirus test in December. IMAGES
Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates her Australian Open champion at Melbourne's Brighton Beach after beating Petra Kvitova in a three-set thriller that also gives her the world number one ranking. IMAGES